Building bridges :

Building bridges : between the orthodox and evangelical traditions / edited by Tim Grass, Jenny and Paul Rolph and Ioan Sauca. - Geneva, Switzerland : World Council of Churches, c2012. - viii, 260 p. ; pbk ; 23.5 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Why Orthodox-Evangelical encounter? / Ioan Sauca -- Dialogue between Orthodox and Evangelicals : the story so far / Teny Pirri-Simonian and Huibert van Beek. Salvation.

What I value about the orthodox tradition / Tim Grass -- What I value about the Evangelical tradition / Vasile Mihoc -- Theosis from the Evangelical perspective / Emil Bartos -- Theosis : the doctrine of salvation in the Greek Fathers / Athanasios Chatzopoulos -- Summary reports from workshops. The role and place of the Bible.

How do we read and interpret the Bible? An Orthodox approach / Vasile Mihoc -- How do Evangelicals interpret Scripture? / Richard Beaton -- Summary reports from workshops.

The nature and purpose of the Church.

The nature and purpose of the Church in the Evangelical tradition / Otniel Bunaciu -- Orthodox reflections on the nature and purpose of the Church / Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima -- Summary of conclusions. What it means to be human.

What it means to be human : an Orthodox point of view / Andrew Louth -- What it means to be human : a response to Andrew Louth / Jim Stamoolis -- What it means to be human : an Evangelical point of view / Mark W. Elliott -- What it means to be human : a response to Mark Elliott / Stelian Tofana -- Group report : individual and corporate aspects of theological anthropology. A summing up.

Building bridges between the Evangelical and Orthodox traditions : some suggestions -- Three stories / Teodor Oprenov, Tim Grass and Andrew Louth.

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Evangelicalism--theology.
Orthodox Eastern Church--relations--Evangelicalism--congresses.
Evangelicalism--relations--Orthodox Eastern Church--Congresses.

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